[Catalyst] How to encrypt database password when connect?

[Matt S Trout]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:08:00AM +0800, Cookie wrote:
> I write my database connect info in the yml files.It's not very safe because
> the database password can see by everyone who can access the catalyst
> folder.I want to know if there any way to encrypt the database password use
> the internal method of connect_info?

That won't be any more safe. The user the app runs at has to be able to
get the password, so your best option is to chown the config file to that
user and chmod it 400 so only that user can read the file.

For particularly sensitive stuff, give the app its own user and run it
as an suexec-ed fastcgi handler.

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